#andy puzder

[berniesrevolution]

Trump's Labor secretary pick Andy Puzder is expected to withdraw, official tells NBC News

The confirmation hearing for the CKE Restaurants CEO was set for Thursday.

WE DID IT!!!

Don’t stop calling your reps about Trumps Nominees and Agenda, it is working.

WE JUST GOT A WIN, KEEP GOING.

[uppityfemale]

This man's nomination is coming to a vote. If you think... -people should be replaced with robots -no one deserves minimum wage -no one deserves overtime pay -safety regulations are just a nuisance Please refrain from calling your Senator and telling them hell no.

[dendroica]

When I began at Hardee’s, I was hopeful. I liked the work and received a promotion to shift manager after only a month. But the pay remained low, and even with my husband’s salary as the head cook at Fort Jackson, we relied on food stamps and Medicaid. We were two full-time-employed adults; we shouldn’t have had to turn to the government, but we had kids to raise, and so we were left with no other choice. Low pay wasn’t the only reason my family struggled: It was the lack of benefits and respect, too. I remember once my manager came to my house on a day off and demanded I go into work. I remember trudging through Hurricane Katrina to get to the store. I remember being denied a raise multiple times. In 2005, I was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and had to stop working. After more than two decades at Hardee’s, I left without any savings, a 401(k), pension or health benefits. That’s Puzder’s America. The cooks and cashiers at Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. are the reason Puzder can take home more than $10 million in a single year and live in a plush mansion with movie star neighbors — while his workers like me skip meals to pay our rent and are forced to live in homeless shelters. We are their corporate strategy: Pay us as little as legally allowed, steal from our meager paychecks as needed and force us onto public assistance to get by. Sadly, that’s the America Trump and Puzder believe in: an America where workers give everything to an employer, and in return, receive nothing. Their America means that an older woman in retirement fighting a chronic illness has to rely on Supplemental Security Income to survive.

Andrew Puzder will be a disaster for workers. I know: He was for me. - The Washington Post

[weeklyresisters]

Labor Secretary nominee Andy Puzder expected to withdraw nomination

Andy Puzder, President Donald Trump's nominee for labor secretary, is expected to withdraw his nomination on Wednesday amid growing questions about his business record and scrutiny from senators on both sides of the aisle, a senior administration official confirmed to NBC News.

You did this. With your calls and your pressure on your senators to do the right thing, you kept Andrew Puzder out of power.

With all the hard defeats we're taking right now, this is a moment to celebrate. Thank you for all your work. Now let's keep it up!

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[gehayi]

Reports say Trump's labor nominee has withdrawn, whining about 'abuse'

By Laura Clawson

First there were the reports that Andy Puzder, Donald Trump’s labor secretary nominee, was facing opposition from Republicans. Then came the whining from sources close to the multi-millionaire snowflake about all the abuse he was taking. (Poor baby.) After that, it didn’t take long for Puzder to reportedly follow through and withdraw from consideration:

BREAKING: Puzder withdraws

— David S. Joachim (@davidjoachim)

February 15, 2017

Multiple sources are now reporting this.

How ever will Trump find another labor pick as experienced at screwing workers and all-around repellent as Puzder? I kid! Trump surely knows plenty of people who hate working people and are dedicated to keeping wages low and working conditions terrible.

It’s official.  So, so official. 

Also/ It looks like Oprah Winfrey torpedoed his nomination--with a tape of Puzder’s ex-wife alleging domestic abuse, which Winfrey presented to the Senate. Thank you, Oprah!

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

ON THE PICKET LINE: Workers file 33 complaints against Puzder

Restaurant workers filed 33 complaints on Jan. 25 and Jan. 26 against Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s franchisees owned by Andy Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants Inc. and Trump’s nominee for labor secretary. The complaints charged wage theft with state departments of labor, sexual harassment with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board. (nrn.com, Jan. 26)

Millionaire Puzder opposes basic workers’ rights — a living wage, paid sick leave and overtime, safe working conditions and benefits like health care and pensions — for some of the lowest paid U.S. workers, mostly women and people of color. No wonder restaurant worker and activist groups have mobilized nationwide against him. (Workers World, Jan. 19) After coast-to-coast protests on Jan. 12, Fight for $15 organizers held protests on Jan. 26 at quick-service restaurants in 31 cities, from Los Angeles to St. Paul, Minn.

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[cultureofresistance]

Four Republican senators have told GOP leadership they are withholding support for President Donald Trump's choice for labor secretary, setting off an intense effort by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and business groups to bring at least two back into the fold so that the nomination does not fail, several sources involved in the effort tell CNN.

Andrew Puzder, labor secretary pick, in jeopardy - CNNPolitics.com

[dailykos]

Trump's labor pick's confirmation is a hot mess of delayed hearings and worker abuse complaints

Fast food CEO Andy Puzder has hit yet another delay in his confirmation as Donald Trump’s labor secretary. His confirmation hearing has just been pushed back to February 7, the third time it’s been postponed. Puzder, who hasn’t yet turned in his...